a Terrace Review — - Weanesta, December 20, 1989

traffic and alcohol offenses

Terrace RCMP detachment
Officer-in-Charge Insp. Larry
Yeske met with city council’s
Committee of the Whole Mon-

day night to discuss policing in

the Terrace area. Traffic of-

fences, alcohol abuse and drugs

were named as the three primary
concems. ~~

Traffic offences may seem to
_ be minor in nature, but drivers

who don’t improve their habits
could be paying hard cash for
their apathy. In a letter to coun-
cil earlier this month, Yeske
pointed out that traffic prose-
cutions for the first 10 months
of 1989 were up 14 percent and
the number of warnings handed
out had risen by 36 percent over
the previous year. But, he says,
many drivers haven’ t got the
message. In spite of the in-
creased number of warnings, the

number of traffic accidents
haven’t declined at all.

He intends to, change that
situation in’ 1990., The days of
points being assesged a: as the the only
penalty, are gone.., traffic fines
are back and bad drivers are go-
ing to be paying cash as well as
earning points for violations. In
1990, there is going to be a
greater emphasis on prosecu-
tions.

“Hopefully this will drive
home the message that driving is
a privilege, not a right, and that
this privilege cannot be
abused,’’ says Yeske.

Pedestrians were also a topic
of discussion. Just because
drivers start obeying the rules of
the road doesn’t mean a few
hapless pedestrians won't get hit
by a car or truck. Pedestrians
share a part of the responsibility
— it’s not always the drivers

Charges have now been
filed in a shooting at Cale-
donia Senior Secondary
School. According to Ter-
race RCMP -Cst. Don Old-
ham, a 19-year-old Terrace
man has been charged with

intent.to injure in.an incident
involving a pellet gun which

occurred at Caledonia Senior
Secondary School at 12:30

causing bodily harm with the

| Charges laid in |
student shooting

p.m. Dec. 8. A 17-year-old
Caledonia student, Danny
McRobb, was transferred to
Vancouver General Hospital
with what was described as a
serious eye injury following
the shooting. McRobb was |
released from hospital last -|
‘Sunday and according to his
father there is cause for some
optimism... damage to the
eye may not be permanent.

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GRAYDON — Wendy and Charlie are the
proud parents of twin boys, Daniel (7 lbs. 34% 02.)
6% oz.), born on Tuesday,
Dec. 5, 1989. New little brothers for Mark and

HAWS — Phil and Liz are happy to announce the
birth of their little son Troy Richard on December
6, 1989, weighing 6 Ibs. 9 oz.

ZAGAR/STEELE — Tracy Steele and Kevin
Zagar are the happy parents of new little daughter
Samantha Eileen Zagar, born December 5, 1989,
weighing 7 Ibs. 11 oz. Proud grandparents are Emil
and Maryann Zagar and Richard and June Steele.

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fault, Yeske was asked if the by-
law enforcement officer could
ticket jay-walking and other bad
downtown walking habits, and
his answer was yes.

Council has yet to debate law
enforcement issues under local
jurisdiction, one topic that’s
likely to surface soon. The first
thing council will reed to do is
write a bylaw and assess
penalties for violations. -

Other topics discussed in-
cluded assaults, vandalism and
break and enters. The discussion
seemed to favor, however, the
belief that alcohol and drugs
were at the root of many of these
crimes. There may be stronger
enforcement here as well in
1990. Cracking down on alcohol
and drug abusers could prevent
many crimes of violence or the
wilful destruction of property.

Auxiliary Constables John Bartlett and Nancy Van Herk of
the Terrace RCMP recently demonstrated that the Lock-It-
or-Lose-It campaign isn’t confined to the parking lots of
local shopping mails. They dropped several pamphlets on
the seats of unsecured vehicles parked around the Terrace
Review office. The intent of the campaign is to reduce the
number of thefts from unlocked vehicles.

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